The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 21:
The Census Bureau issued AES Broadcast #2012055 as part of a series of monthly educational broadcast messages on the Automated Export System. This month Census is highlighting AES error codes 122 (Carrier Code is Outdated) and 254 (USPPI Postal Code Must Be Numeric). The broadcast covers the reasons for the these error messages and how to resolve them, as follows:
The Bureau of Industry and Security said its Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee scheduled a partially open meeting Sept. 13 in Washington, D.C. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable to transportation and related equipment or technology. During the open session, the committee will hear status reports by working group chairs. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first served basis. Requests to join the conference are due by Sept. 6 to Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov. A limited number of seats will also be available during the public session.
The Bureau of Industry and Security said the Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) scheduled a partially open meeting Sept. 11. The public session will include an export enforcement update, regulations update, working group reports, an Automated Export System (AES) update, and presentations of papers or comments by the public. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 25 participants on a first come, first served basis. To join via teleconference, submit inquiries by Sept. 4 to Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov. A limited number of seats will also be available for the public session.
The President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA) scheduled a partially open meeting Sept. 6 in Washington, D.C., said the Bureau of Industry and Security. PECSEA advises the Department of Commerce on those portions of the Export Administration Act that deal with U.S. policies of encouraging trade with all countries with which the U.S. has diplomatic or trading relations and of controlling trade for national security and foreign policy reasons. The subcommittee will hear an update on Export Control Reform (ECR), presentations of papers or comments by the public, working group updates, and the deemed export panel. A limited number of seats will be available for the public session.
The International Trade Administration must consider factors beyond scope language when including a product in an antidumping or countervailing duty order, said the Court of International Trade in a remand of an ITA scope determination. The ITA had ruled that plaintiff A.L. Patterson, Inc.’s steel coil rod falls within the scope of the antidumping duty order on certain steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932). In so doing, the ITA declined to consider Patterson’s evidence that (1) the original AD petition did not include steel coil rod; and (2) the ITA and International Trade Commission did not investigate dumped steel coil rod imports nor injury to domestic industry by such imports. The ITA said the language of the scope was unambiguous in its inclusion of steel coil rod, so it did not have to examine other factors. But CIT disagreed, and said if the ITA interpreted the scope to include a product then it is subject to interpretation. Therefore, said CIT, the ITA had to consider the other factors.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Aug. 20 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
According to the International Trade Commission, a section 337 patent complaint on certain wireless satellite communication devices, systems components thereof was filed on behalf of BriarTek IP Aug. 17. The proposed respondents are:
According to the International Trade Commission, a section 337 patent complaint on certain sintered rare earth magnets, methods of making same and products containing same was filed on behalf of Hitachi Metals Ltd. and Hitachi Metals North Carolina Ltd. on Aug. 17. The proposed respondents are:
According to the International Trade Commission, a section 337 patent complaint on wireless communication devices, portable music and data processing devices, computers, and components was filed on behalf of Motorola Mobility, Motorola Mobility Ireland, and Motorola Mobility International Aug. 17. The proposed respondent is: